L. Brent Bozell III contrasts media coverage of the equivalent George W. Bush midterm with that of today's election.
During those 2006 elections, there was a flurry of campaign coverage, as to be expected from news networks historically interested in covering the election process in America. From September 1 (the unofficial kick-off of the campaign season) through October 26 – almost two full months – there were 118 full reports on CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, and ABC World News Tonight; there were another 86 stories that mentioned the campaign — for a total of 204 stories.
In the exact same time frame in 2014, there were 31 stories, a disparity of more than six to one.
In 2006, NBC had 79 stories on the midterm elections. This year, 15.
In 2006, CBS had 75 stories. This year, 16.
In 2006, ABC filed 50 reports. This year, not one.
Read all of his article in National Review.
2 comments:
I heard an example of this last night while driving home listening to the CBS evening news on the radio. One correspondent, talking about the senate races, said something to the effect that that democrats would have faced a strong headwind in this election whether or not the president was popular. The next correspondent, taking about some governors' races with republican incumbents, said the election was a referendum on the republican agenda of cutting taxes and services. I found the difference in the language used in each case very interesting ...
Steve,
You don't have to look far to find the bias. Truly amazing.
Michael
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